Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: molecular characterization, evolution, and epidemiology

S Lakhundi, K Zhang - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus, a major human pathogen, has a collection of virulence factors and
the ability to acquire resistance to most antibiotics. This ability is further augmented by …

Overview of molecular typing methods for outbreak detection and epidemiological surveillance

AJ Sabat, A Budimir, D Nashev, R Sá-Leão… - …, 2013 - eurosurveillance.org
Typing methods for discriminating different bacterial isolates of the same species are
essential epidemiological tools in infection prevention and control. Traditional typing …

Systematic genome assessment of B-vitamin biosynthesis suggests co-operation among gut microbes

S Magnúsdóttir, D Ravcheev, V de Crécy-Lagard… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The human gut microbiota supplies its host with essential nutrients, including B-vitamins.
Using the PubSEED platform, we systematically assessed the genomes of 256 common …

Patients with colorectal cancer have identical strains of Fusobacterium nucleatum in their colorectal cancer and oral cavity

Y Komiya, Y Shimomura, T Higurashi, Y Sugi, J Arimoto… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
We read with great interest the article by Flemer et al, which suggests that analysis of the
oral microbiota could potentially be used as a screening method for colorectal cancer (CRC) …

Modern clinical microbiology: new challenges and solutions

PE Fournier, M Drancourt, P Colson… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
In the twenty-first century, the clinical microbiology laboratory plays a central part in
optimizing the management of infectious diseases and surveying local and global …

The plant-growth-promoting bacterium Klebsiella sp. SBP-8 confers induced systemic tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum) under salt stress

RP Singh, P Jha, PN Jha - Journal of plant physiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-
carboxylatedeaminase (ACCD) activity can protect plants from the deleterious effects of …

Precision identification of diverse bloodstream pathogens in the gut microbiome

FB Tamburini, TM Andermann, E Tkachenko… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
A comprehensive evaluation of every patient with a bloodstream infection includes an
attempt to identify the infectious source. Pathogens can originate from various places, such …

Re-addressing the biosafety issues of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

C Keswani, O Prakash, N Bharti, JI Vílchez… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
To promote agronomic sustainability, extensive research is being carried out globally,
investigating biofertilizer development. Recently, it has been realized that some …

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: unlocking fundamentals and prospects for bacterial strain typing

 Novais, AR Freitas, C Rodrigues, L Peixe - European Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
The need to identify highly related bacterial strains is ancient in clinical, industrial, or
environmental microbiology. Strategies based on different phenotypic and genotypic …

Emergence and Pathogenicity of Highly Virulent Cryptococcus gattii Genotypes in the Northwest United States

EJ Byrnes III, W Li, Y Lewit, H Ma, K Voelz, P Ren… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Cryptococcus gattii causes life-threatening disease in otherwise healthy hosts and to a
lesser extent in immunocompromised hosts. The highest incidence for this disease is on …